Buffy: "I didn't even realize it was December. Maybe when we get home, we should decorate the rubble." Wow. Bummer. I'm not sure what upsets me more: that Spike is still being tortured, or that something is terribly wrong with Giles. Giles seemed... off. We never did see what happened with the axe. He didn't hug Buffy; he didn't touch anyone. It also seemed uncharacteristic for Giles to